Crenshaw Boulevard

Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

The huge SpaceX warehouse on the corner of Crenshaw and Rocket Road, just south of Hawthorne Municipal Airport, looks much as it did when it was a Northrop Grumman plant.

The huge SpaceX warehouse on the corner of Crenshaw and Rocket Road, just south of Hawthorne Municipal Airport, looks much as it did when it was a Northrop Grumman plant. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The huge SpaceX warehouse on the corner of Crenshaw and Rocket Road, just south of Hawthorne Municipal Airport, looks much as it did when it was a Northrop Grumman plant.